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the criticism of him, by david brooks most recently, is that he's too much like the senate majority leader. the president has a bully pulpit and he used it. the fact that republicans started screaming bloody murder, indicate that they are worried about it. >> charles? >> the problem is this has the feel of a town with a leader who is not leading. he has not proposed a budget t on. the one he proposed was voted down by the senate 97-0, it was so preposterous. we have a president in full campaign mode was not proposing anything at a public -- who knows whether in private. there is no democratic proposal on the table for the budget. he is demagoguing against medicare and the ryan plan. he has decided, do that and that is how you get reelected. that is why the town is laundering. >> consistency has not been a problem with republicans. they endorsed the ryan plan, which does not provide for a balanced budget, and now they are pushing for a balanced budget. 103 house republicans have gone on record as saying they will not vote to raise the debt ceiling unless there is a cap of 18% of federal spe
the criticism of him, by david brooks most recently, is that he's too much like the senate majority leader. the president has a bully pulpit and he used it. the fact that republicans started screaming bloody murder, indicate that they are worried about it. >> charles? >> the problem is this has the feel of a town with a leader who is not leading. he has not proposed a budget t on. the one he proposed was voted down by the senate 97-0, it was so preposterous. we have a president in...
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party is starting to get some criticism here people are starting to claim and you mention the david brooks piece oh this is an abnormal party it's captive to these crazy tea partiers these out of control rubes that's not what's driving this desire to treat subsidies like tyson's is grover norquist it's wall street economists it's people in the republican party who are big business friendly and don't want to lose this program this is not a tea party thing in the i'm ok but does it still mean the if you meant you know we brought up the david brooks piece again is that still man the republican party isn't a normal party anymore when it's people like covering our requests and when it's wall street the dictates their every move. well you know i don't think they're dictate its every move i think that it's the company of a powerful constituency and over a period of decades now that wing of the republican party has managed one to do some things we should actually been very good not just good for the party but i think you know good for for republican voters and good for the country as a whole but y
party is starting to get some criticism here people are starting to claim and you mention the david brooks piece oh this is an abnormal party it's captive to these crazy tea partiers these out of control rubes that's not what's driving this desire to treat subsidies like tyson's is grover norquist it's wall street economists it's people in the republican party who are big business friendly and don't want to lose this program this is not a tea party thing in the i'm ok but does it still mean the...
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tea party starting to get sick criticism people are starting to tell you that you mention the david brooks oh this is an abnormal party after these crazy tea partiers these out of control groups up that's not what's driving these territories so it's just it's norquist it's all street economists it's people in the republican party repeat business friendly to don't want to lose this purpose this is not a tea party view ok but does it still mean the if you meant you know we brought up the david brooks piece again is that still now the republican party is a normal party anymore when it's people like over an article as and when it's wall street if they can if their every move. well you know i don't think they're dictating its every move i think that orcas and company have a powerful constituency and over a period of decades now that wing of the republican party has musician want to do some things we should actually been very good not just to the party but i think it's for republican voters you can do for the hundreds but you know it comes to point where you reach this turning point getting out
tea party starting to get sick criticism people are starting to tell you that you mention the david brooks oh this is an abnormal party after these crazy tea partiers these out of control groups up that's not what's driving these territories so it's just it's norquist it's all street economists it's people in the republican party repeat business friendly to don't want to lose this purpose this is not a tea party view ok but does it still mean the if you meant you know we brought up the david...
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is not a tea party thing ok but business tell me that if you meant you know we brought up the david brooks piece again is that still me out there republican party is a normal party anymore when it's people like irving are question when it's all free that they can use their every move. well you know i'm going to think they're taking this every move i think it works the company of a powerful constituency and over a period of decades now that wing of the republican party is munition one to do some things we should actually been very good not just in the party but i think for republican voters good for the country as a whole but you know it comes to a point where you reach this turning point getting out prices begin to take a fresh look at the fundamental infrastructure of this country our whole economy still and the same old answers don't really court as well as that you see now i also want to go back to another point in a brooks made where he said that the republican party if they do allow us to deep has no moral decency because you know you say in good faith when you borrow money from someb
is not a tea party thing ok but business tell me that if you meant you know we brought up the david brooks piece again is that still me out there republican party is a normal party anymore when it's people like irving are question when it's all free that they can use their every move. well you know i'm going to think they're taking this every move i think it works the company of a powerful constituency and over a period of decades now that wing of the republican party is munition one to do some...
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a former top murdoch aide rebekah brooks was arrested yesterday. the top two men resigned over questions about a former news of the world reporter and a whittle blower turned up dead. stephanie gosk is covering the story. michael wolff is author of the man who knows the news inside the secret world of rupert murdoch. to the tangled web that may be the best way to describe this hacking scandal as the parties involved, murdoch's empire, government and the police all have ties one to another. it begins with rupert murdoch, the chief of news corporation, and his son james who handles european news. on friday, les hidden resigned, he ran murdoch's dow jones and published the "wall street journal." rebekah brooks ran the tabloid news of the word and went on to run news international. she quit and was arrested yesterday. brooks' deputy at news of the world was andy colson who ran the paper when much of the hacking was going on. he resigned and became top aide for prime minister who he resigned over the hacking scandal. the prime minister is also friends w
a former top murdoch aide rebekah brooks was arrested yesterday. the top two men resigned over questions about a former news of the world reporter and a whittle blower turned up dead. stephanie gosk is covering the story. michael wolff is author of the man who knows the news inside the secret world of rupert murdoch. to the tangled web that may be the best way to describe this hacking scandal as the parties involved, murdoch's empire, government and the police all have ties one to another. it...
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cnn newsroom continues with brooke baldwin. >> hello to you, i'm brooke baldwin. let me explain this, four days away now, four days from potentially a u.s. default. at this late stage in the game here, republicans ramped up demands for raising the debt ceiling. the demands deemed not starters from the president, hard line house republicans, they are the ones demanding congress agree to pass a balanced budget amendment, not just vote on the thing, but approve it by the end of the year or shortly thereafter. so, late this afternoon or this evening, we will get a vote on the debt reduction plan that includes that demand, it's a redraft of the boehner plan that failed last night. here's something else -- i have to tell you right now here, this has to do with the president. he reemerged into the spotlight and is saying the two sides here really aren't too terribly far apart and the deal can be done by the august 2nd, tuesday deadline. let's listen to the president, this is when he spoke around 10:30 this morning. let's listen. >> good morning, everybody. i want to spea
cnn newsroom continues with brooke baldwin. >> hello to you, i'm brooke baldwin. let me explain this, four days away now, four days from potentially a u.s. default. at this late stage in the game here, republicans ramped up demands for raising the debt ceiling. the demands deemed not starters from the president, hard line house republicans, they are the ones demanding congress agree to pass a balanced budget amendment, not just vote on the thing, but approve it by the end of the year or...
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the beginning of last week, he had his arm around rebekah brooks. end of the week, she was gone, along with his longtime lieutenant, les hinton. of course, you asked about the fbi u.s. probe. will subpoenas be issued? you knows what will happen if that occurs, and what, if anything, is found in the u.s. will be key for him. they will not be flat-footed in their response in the u.s. the way they appear to be in the uk. >> governor, you worked for fox news. what's the impact there? what's the reaction there? >> they have not been touched by this, they have told me, and i believe them, and we just have to see how this all unfolds. murdoch's fired people, you know, he's quoted as being told his head's in his hands crying with the family that was impacted. i mean, it's a terrible thing, and hopefully, we'll get to the bottom of it and it will change journalism. you know, i want to go back to something david said about the inability to solve problems. i think the business community has been absent. they play politics themselves. instead of going to politi
the beginning of last week, he had his arm around rebekah brooks. end of the week, she was gone, along with his longtime lieutenant, les hinton. of course, you asked about the fbi u.s. probe. will subpoenas be issued? you knows what will happen if that occurs, and what, if anything, is found in the u.s. will be key for him. they will not be flat-footed in their response in the u.s. the way they appear to be in the uk. >> governor, you worked for fox news. what's the impact there? what's...
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david brooks is who they chose. david brooks believes that, it's obviously turned into the ideological paerl that walks -- party that walks away from compromise for the sake of politics. this is what he said yesterday about the logical and ideological republican party that has emerged. here's what he said -- and i quote -- "if the debt ceiling talks fail, independent voters will see the democrats are willing to compromise, but republicans were not. if we default, he said, it will be the fault of republican fanatacism." that fanatacism is making compromise impossible, no matter how much democrats are willing to give. independent voters, brooks says -- and i quote -- "will conclude that republicans are not fit to govern, and they will be right." end of quote. david brooks, conservative columnist, said this. the republican party has been taken over by ideologues either devoted to or terrified by grover nordquist and his no-tax pledge, whatever that means. his republicans refuse to believe countless respected voices and
david brooks is who they chose. david brooks believes that, it's obviously turned into the ideological paerl that walks -- party that walks away from compromise for the sake of politics. this is what he said yesterday about the logical and ideological republican party that has emerged. here's what he said -- and i quote -- "if the debt ceiling talks fail, independent voters will see the democrats are willing to compromise, but republicans were not. if we default, he said, it will be the...
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you know, that's what -- david brooks is really fed up with the inability to compromise. poor people and people who have lost their jobs, that's not the number one thing they're fed up with. people who have lost their houses, that's not the number one thing they're fed up with. so i think the president continues to frame it in a very republican way, and i'm not sure he's winning. you know, he's going to call a deal if we don't have a default. he's going to say he won, but a lot of people are going to lose if we get the reid plan. >> you know, he said -- the president tonight said he would embrace the reid plan, but he didn't emphatically play to his base. michael, what do you make of that? i mean, he did not get partisan on this. he talked about acceptable boundaries. what do you think? >> i think joan is right. it's about the optics. listen, obama is assured that his base, even though the progressives are fed up and certainly disenchanted with some of the concessions and capitulations, as you've talked about, what he understands is that they're going to stand behind him,
you know, that's what -- david brooks is really fed up with the inability to compromise. poor people and people who have lost their jobs, that's not the number one thing they're fed up with. people who have lost their houses, that's not the number one thing they're fed up with. so i think the president continues to frame it in a very republican way, and i'm not sure he's winning. you know, he's going to call a deal if we don't have a default. he's going to say he won, but a lot of people are...
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you know, that's what -- david brooks is really fed up with the inability to compromise. poor people and people who have lost their jobs, that's not the number one thing that they're fed up with. people who have lost their houses, that's not the number one thing they're fed up with. so i think the president continues to frame it in a very republican way and i'm not sure he's winning. you know, he's going to call a deal if we don't have a default. he's going to say he won, but a lot of people are going to lose if we get the reid plan. >> the president tonight said he would embrace the reid plan, but he didn't emphatically play to his base. michael, what do you make of that? he did not get partisan on this. he talked about acceptable boundaries. what do you think? >> i think joan is right. it's about the optics. listen, obama is assured that his base, even though the progressives are fed up and certainly disenchanted with some of the concessions and capitulations, as you've talked about, what he understands is that they're going to stand behind him, because they see how rig
you know, that's what -- david brooks is really fed up with the inability to compromise. poor people and people who have lost their jobs, that's not the number one thing that they're fed up with. people who have lost their houses, that's not the number one thing they're fed up with. so i think the president continues to frame it in a very republican way and i'm not sure he's winning. you know, he's going to call a deal if we don't have a default. he's going to say he won, but a lot of people...
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brooks, but i would agree that his observations in this case are absolutely right. this is about not only standing up for the nation's honor, it is about standing up for the nation's obligations, it is standing up to make sure that there is a fair and shared sacrifice, not those simply on the backs of middle-class working families in this country, and those who have the least among us. that's the choice republicans would have us make. it is the wrong choice for the nation, and i am just hoping that we get to some sense of reality in this chamber that can help us move forward, have the nation be upheld in its obligations both at here and abroad and not stop a ripple effect that will cause an enormous consequence to this nation's economy. with that, mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator wyoming. mr. barrasso: thank you very much, mr. president. i ask unanimous consent to speak for up 10 minutes followed by senator inhofe for up to ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. barrasso: thank you, mr
brooks, but i would agree that his observations in this case are absolutely right. this is about not only standing up for the nation's honor, it is about standing up for the nation's obligations, it is standing up to make sure that there is a fair and shared sacrifice, not those simply on the backs of middle-class working families in this country, and those who have the least among us. that's the choice republicans would have us make. it is the wrong choice for the nation, and i am just hoping...
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brooks are set to testify before a parliamentary inquiry tomorrow. you can hear it live at 9:30 a.m. eastern here on c-span radio. those are some of the latest headlines. >> had ever visited the library of congress? over 2 million people have and now this is your chance to tour the world's largest library. tonight, join c-span for a rare glimpse inside the library of congress. we will take you into the great hall and explore the main reading room. unique books and rare books and special collections including original books from thomas jefferson's personal collection. but we will see how the library is using modern technology to discover hidden secrets and preserve its holdings for future generations. join us for the library of congress tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. host available on television, radio, online and social media networking sites. fine air content any time through seas and video library. -- find our content any time through c-span video library. it is washington, your way, the c-span network now available and more th
brooks are set to testify before a parliamentary inquiry tomorrow. you can hear it live at 9:30 a.m. eastern here on c-span radio. those are some of the latest headlines. >> had ever visited the library of congress? over 2 million people have and now this is your chance to tour the world's largest library. tonight, join c-span for a rare glimpse inside the library of congress. we will take you into the great hall and explore the main reading room. unique books and rare books and special...
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peter brookes is a former cia officer and senior fellow on national security affairs at the heritage foundation. hi, peter. >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. alisyn: what does the al qaeda 2.0 version look like? >> well, i think the admiral in his comments laid it out pretty clearly and talked about, we're not worried about the al qaeda in pakistan because of the death of bin laden though we can't write off ayman al-zawahiri, the new leader of al qaeda in the pakistani tribal areas but he's worried about yemen and al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and also, somalia, across the waterways there where you have al-shabab. so, al qaeda has been morphing for quite some time, since 9/11 and i think he's saying the threats are moving in that direction and that he thinks and the administration believes that al qaeda, the one we think of from 9/11 purposes, usama bin laden and ayman al-zawahiri, may be on its death bed. alisyn: and how, in this new 2.0 version, how much of a threat is anwar al-awlaki. >> he's dangerous, he was here in the u.s. on 9/11 and left the u.s. and went to yemen and,
peter brookes is a former cia officer and senior fellow on national security affairs at the heritage foundation. hi, peter. >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. alisyn: what does the al qaeda 2.0 version look like? >> well, i think the admiral in his comments laid it out pretty clearly and talked about, we're not worried about the al qaeda in pakistan because of the death of bin laden though we can't write off ayman al-zawahiri, the new leader of al qaeda in the pakistani tribal areas...
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he's also in on president senior fellow at the brookings institution and the walls have not come down. its previously a supreme court correspondent for "the new york times" and the legal commentator for the american lawyer media. he graduated from harvard law school but despite the handicap has done quite well for himself including his outstanding books on the shameful injustice of the duke lacrosse case which he co-wrote with professor casey johnson. insight from that book might be relevant today regarding the failed criminal charges for dominique or pc anthony but hopefully today we will urge
he's also in on president senior fellow at the brookings institution and the walls have not come down. its previously a supreme court correspondent for "the new york times" and the legal commentator for the american lawyer media. he graduated from harvard law school but despite the handicap has done quite well for himself including his outstanding books on the shameful injustice of the duke lacrosse case which he co-wrote with professor casey johnson. insight from that book might be...
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including the upcoming produce committee hearing tomorrow, with rupert murdoch, his son james, and rebekah brooks. the house is expected to kick up a measure today that will allow churches to merge their pension funds with other funds. still expecting the house to come in later today at 6:30 eastern for a vote. live on c-span. >> tonight on "the communicators," robert mcdowell on the fcc actions this week to begin cracking down on on authorized charges on phone bills. that and other news from the s.e.c. tonight on "communicators." >> with titles like "slander" and "demonic," ann coulter has something to say. you are invited to treat the syndicated columnist for three hours, starting at noon eastern, live on c-span to. >> you are watching c-span, bringing you politics and public affairs. every morning, it is washington journal, connecting with elected officials, policy makers, and journalists. weekdays, watch the u.s. house. also, supreme court oral arguments. on the weekends, you can see our signature interview program. on saturdays, the communicators. on sundays, prime minister's questions from
including the upcoming produce committee hearing tomorrow, with rupert murdoch, his son james, and rebekah brooks. the house is expected to kick up a measure today that will allow churches to merge their pension funds with other funds. still expecting the house to come in later today at 6:30 eastern for a vote. live on c-span. >> tonight on "the communicators," robert mcdowell on the fcc actions this week to begin cracking down on on authorized charges on phone bills. that and...